Caterpillar. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines. OPI and Cat are working together to develop the next generation of fuel-efficient, high power-density diesel engines.

Penn State University. OPI and Penn State cooperate in developing and implementing precision manufacturing technologies. This includes education of engineers.

Precision Valley Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. A Department of Defense (DoD) Center of Manufacturing Excellence, PVI solves precision manufactuing problems for the DoD and its contractors. The synergistic relationship (including shared staff and facilities) between OPI and PVI leverages the objectives of both the private and public sectors. PVI Website >

Professional Instruments Co. Ultra-precise, ultra-stiff motion air bearings from Professional Instruments are the industry’s gold standard. OPI works in partnership with Professional Instruments Co. to engineer its bearings into products that require the highest degrees of accuracy.

University of Vermont, School of Engineering. OPI has developed relationships with UVM, including the School of Engineering Sciences and the School of Medicine. The School of Engineering is developing elasto-hydrodynamic models to be used in the development of unique fluid-film bearings. OPI is collaborating with the school of medicine on the development of orthopedic prostheses.

Other alliances include:

• Moore Nanotechnology Systems.
• Moore Precision Tool.
• North Carolina State University.
• Office of Naval Research.
• Penn State Electro-Optics Center.
• U.S. Army.
• U.S. Department of Defense.